WWE Royal Rumble (2008)

The road to WrestleMania 24 begins at the Royal Rumble, where 30 mencompete for a shot at WrestleMania’s main event. Superstars from Raw,Smackdown, and ECW compete in one of the most popular events of theyear. Someone who didn’t watch WWE since they changed their name may besurprised, and most likely quite irritated, by the names who headlinemajor WWE events nowadays. And their irritation is not quiteunjustified.People like Randy Orton, Edge or John Cena lacks a certain punch - orin the case of Cena, everything - compared to the likes of Michaels,Triple H, Jericho or The Undertaker. And to this day I would ratherturn in for Ric Flair than Edge or Orton.Ric Flair opened with his carreer-ending match against MVP. SeeingFlair and Charles Robinson in the same ring brought back memories ofthe late WCW. I realise this has little to do with this event, but asthe event has little to do with old WWF, it may be worth mentioning. That were good times in WCW, before it turned into RAW light, whenRobinson was Flair’s personal (gimmick-) referee, which led to a feudwith Roddy Piper and Randy Savage, culminating in a match at Slamboreebetween Robinson and Savage’s female protege Gorgeous George for theMacho Man’s carreer. That was entertainment, that was witty.